New Features Provide a Faster, More Intuitive Experience for
Modeling Virtual 3D Urban Environments

REDLANDS, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — April 29, 2015 —
The release of
Esri
CityEngine 2015 allows GIS professionals, architects, planners, and
urban designers to create 3D city models faster and share them easily
via ArcGIS Online. These new features open the use of 3D models for
every day, real-world simulation, emergency response, urban planning,
and entertainment scenarios.

"CityEngine 2015 is faster, sports higher-quality visuals, and
introduces an innovative and unique 3D design experience. The latter is
possible with Procedural Handles, a novel user interface for the
intuitive editing of 3D models. We worked very hard on this and are
excited to release it," said Pascal Mueller, director of the Esri R&D
Center, Zurich AG.

Companies like Esri partner SmarterBetterCities use CityEngine to help
clients view and investigate building development proposals in a true 3D
environment.

"CityEngine provides decision makers with the opportunity to do more
advanced planning than when they are using a typical CAD or spreadsheet
system," said Antje Kunze, CEO, SmarterBetterCities. "We are now able to
help our clients better visualize rules and regulations and perform
analytics that no one has been able to address in the past."

Advancements from user requests—including a modern editor for managing
layers, real-time shadows based on daytime and location, faster data
export, and improved publishing workflows—have been implemented. More
information can be found in the
release
notes.

"With CityEngine 2015, we made a huge step forward in user experience
and speed, resulting in less coding and more designing," said Dominik
Tarolli, director of international business development for 3D geodesign
at Esri.

CityEngine 2015 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. A
free 30-day trial with full export capabilities can be downloaded at
esri.com/cityengine.

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each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national
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than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more
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